Path Of The Clouds (CD)
Marissa Nadler
Amoeba Review
If ever there was an artist whose lyrical and melodic skills would shine through the creation of the now-standard “pandemic album,” it’s Marissa Nadler. Always skilled at creating miniature worlds within her songs, on Path of the Clouds, Nadler finds a new spin on her distinctive outlaw tales of lost love and forgotten dreams. Apparently, we have Nadler’s early pandemic obsession with Unsolved Mysteries to thank, as she explores infamous disappearances and escapes, and subverts the murder ballad structure into a new tale of survival. The melodies also head off into new directions, with Nadler’s skillful guitar playing emphasized by intriguing collaborations with harpist Mary Lattimore, multi-instrumentalist Milky Burgess (Mandy soundtrack), bassist Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins), Nadler’s piano teacher/woodwinds/keys Jesse Chandler (Mercury Rev), vocalist Amber Webber (Black Mountain), and guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle. Haunting, introspective, and thoroughly captivating.
Track Listing
Disc 1 Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Bessie, Did You Make It?
|
Marissa Nadler | 04:29 |
2.
The Path Of The Clouds
|
Marissa Nadler , Simon Raymonde | 04:51 |
3.
Couldn't Have Done The Killing
|
Marissa Nadler | 04:49 |
4.
If I Could Breathe Underwater
|
Marissa Nadler , Mary Lattimore | 04:29 |
5.
Elegy
|
Marissa Nadler , Mary Lattimore , Amber Webber | 04:44 |
6.
Well Sometimes You Just Can't Stay
|
Marissa Nadler | 03:52 |
7.
From Vapor To Stardust
|
Marissa Nadler , Simon Raymonde | 03:53 |
8.
Storm
|
Marissa Nadler , Simon Raymonde | 03:52 |
9.
Turned Into Air
|
Marissa Nadler , Emma Ruth Rundle | 03:19 |
10.
And I Dream Of Running
|
Marissa Nadler , Simon Raymonde | 03:19 |
11.
Lemon Queen
|
Marissa Nadler | 04:36 |